Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Mid Sussex
- Town
- Copthorne
- County
- West Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16737
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Current location
St John the Evangelist Church
Church Road
Copthorne
Mid Sussex
West Sussex
RH10 3RD
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 31855 39484
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wooden lychgate with WW1 served names on eight panels, four each side. Identical inscription on both groups of four panels. For WW1 died see WMR 16738 in the church.
- Inscription
- On both pairs of four name panels: COPTHORNE MEN ENROLLED IN HM FORCES / DURING THE WAR 1914 - 1919 // (Names) // WHO SERVED WITH THE COLOURS // Around the eves: JESUS CRIED // I AM THE RESURRECTION // LET HIM COME UNTO ME // I AM THE LIFE – JOHN 11.XXV //
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ainsworth, C
Allen, H
Allen, T F
Allen, W
Allingham, C
Allingham, L
Arnold, H
Arnold, H F
Arnold, P
Attwater, C P
See details for all 109 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 218
Served and returned: 218
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initials, surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Memorial
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- ST JOHN'S LYCHGATE
- WMO ID: 107189
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 10-03-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Surrey in the Great War - www.surreyinthegreatwar.org.uk/collections/getrecord/SHMEM_W_M_2439 - accessed 30 July 2020
- Vandals destroy memorial in attack on Sussex village church www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/people/vandals-destroy-memorial-attack-sussex-village-church-976251Vandals destroyed an historic lychgate - a memorial to those who served in World War I - in an attack at a village churchyard. Crawley and Horley Observer - The Newsroom Thursday, 9th May 2019, 3:33 pm
- War Memorials on Line - www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/107189/ - accessed 30 July 2020
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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